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This research aims to characterize the age-specific mortality patterns during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in Kentucky.

Age- and Sex-Specific Mortality Associated With the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Kentucky

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This research aims to characterize the age-specific mortality patterns during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in Kentucky.
Abstracted individual death certificates from Kentucky (1911-1919) by medically trained personnel.
Calculated pandemic-associated excess mortality rates for each single year of age and by sex.
Analyzed age breakpoints in mortality risk and their differences between males and females.
Maximum excess mortality was observed in infants, with a minimum at ages 9-10 years and another maximum at ages 24-26 years.
In winter 1919, the excess mortality risk in young adults was greatly reduced.
Mortality breakpoints did not align with historical pandemic dates and were consistent across genders.

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Analysis characterizes age-specific mortality in Kentucky during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, suggesting complex underlying factors.

Viboud et al. (2012) studied this question.

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